Well here’s a fun surprise…electro-dance Osaka-ites Bang Bang Balloon have dropped the Bang Bang Balloon moniker. They have been “reborn” as Nuxx, a nice enough name. The real big news, though, is this rechristening coincides with the release of their debut full-length, Sound Ache. They’ve got a little preview of the album running at the…
Right away…that’s a great name for a band. The good ideas don’t just stop at the moniker, though, as Does It Float’s latest “5miles To Your Home” ends up being an energetic dose of punk-pop full of shout-alongs and unbound energy. Leading off with a slow intro, the band quickly neck-snaps into a straight-ahead punk…
We try to stay current here on Make Believe Melodies, but I’m willing to buck the rules I barely enforce on myself in special situations. “Special situations” here really meaning “finding some bomb-ass twee music that could have been posted last month or five years ago.” Tokyo outfit (cue laughtrack) Miniskirt make pure, wimpy indie-pop…
Covering an electronic dance track as a rock band? Risky on a whole bunch of levels. Covering THE electronic dance track of the Oughts as a rock band? Yikes. Yet somehow, Throwcurve have managed to take Daft Punk’s triumphant “One More Time” and give a very inspired take on it. A large chunk of the…
Oh AAPS, you impatient guys. They’ve previously dabbled in noise and dubstep, and their latest streaming song finds them…imitating Tortoise circa TNT. That is to say, “Wearing Light Space” sounds vaguely tropical and drifty. AAPS manage to work in a bit of creepiness via some muffled singing late in the track, but for the most…